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This game had everything going against it. Exclusive to a console with bad publicity, developer with a kinda bad reputation, revival of an old franchise (those don't always turn out well), shoestring budget... Yet somehow managed to survive and stay strong for the last years. it's also one of the most entertaining games to watch for me and I can't wait to give it a try once the PC version release.

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Sorry for the double post but I just found out that there is apparently two Fluttershyx who play KI lmao. There was a KI forum battle yesterday hosted by a Mr. xFluttershy but he claims hes not you lmao.

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Sorry for the double post but I just found out that there is apparently two Fluttershyx who play KI lmao. There was a KI forum battle yesterday hosted by a Mr. xFluttershy but he claims hes not you lmao.

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lol yea theirs 2 of us. I was the original Timid Ferovore Hoers though

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I've been waiting for it to drop on PC before I dive into KI, as I don't have an XBOne, and I'm not keen on using my brother's.
Seems like it's a ton of fun, though, and the online play looks absolutely on point.

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Yes I know Win 10 will be free, and yes, i'd understand if DLC chars are not, but i'm asking about the base game. can't find the info anywhere and lierally the only thing i've seen people say is that Win10 is free

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Yes I know Win 10 will be free, and yes, i'd understand if DLC chars are not, but i'm asking about the base game. can't find the info anywhere and lierally the only thing i've seen people say is that Win10 is free

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Yes I know Win 10 will be free, and yes, i'd understand if DLC chars are not, but i'm asking about the base game. can't find the info anywhere and lierally the only thing i've seen people say is that Win10 is free

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Game is free to play. All the modes and all that nonsense are free however you are only given one rotating character a week if you want to play for free. Each character individually is around 5 bucks and if you want all the characters including the upcoming season 3 its 60 bucks. There is extra shit you can buy like costumes but its all cosmetic.

* Arbiter's Ultra
* Arbiter's Stage Ultra
* Kim Wu's Ultra
* Tusk's intro (he looks kinda funky with his eyes closed when the camera closes up on him, oh well, details)
* Rash's Ultra
* S3 to release with these 4 characters + whatever else they have in store
* 4 more characters to be added later, making a total of 8 this season (this is less than S2 and 1 BTW if you count original Shago as a character)
* PC specs (stated on the post linked above)
* PC support for Xbone fightsticks to be added later, you'll have to do with 360 ones for the time being . -.
* No prizing details yet (but I'm, sure they'll announce this sooner rather than later)

* Arbiter's Ultra
* Arbiter's Stage Ultra
* Kim Wu's Ultra
* Tusk's intro (he looks kinda funky with his eyes closed when the camera closes up on him, oh well, details)
* Rash's Ultra
* S3 to release with these 4 characters + whatever else they have in store
* 4 more characters to be added later, making a total of 8 this season (this is less than S2 and 1 BTW if you count original Shago as a character)
* PC specs (stated on the post linked above)
* PC support for Xbone fightsticks to be added later, you'll have to do with 360 ones for the time being . -.
* No prizing details yet (but I'm, sure they'll announce this sooner rather than later)

That's it for now! Hope to see you at the Arbiter's stream! o/

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I've been trying to catch up on vids and the like all this morning. This game and the teams developing it continue to blow me away. Man I love this game.

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The Arbiter is really going to be a nice add. Considering that KI is an Xbox exclusive and that a lot of peeps got the Xbox for Halo proves to mean that he'll be a popular character and a great motivator for a lot of people to buy Season 3. (I know I'm excited!)

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Since the embargo got lifted we got to see some vids from vidya sites, Gamespot uploaded some but they aren't really good, IGN's are okay tho:
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Tusk is a freaking beast, but there must be something to balance that damage output.

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Tusk looks really cool and interesting, but his animations seem unpolished/unfinished. I wonder if his sword heating up has any effects attached to it (more damage, more hitstun, etc.)...

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Tusk looks really cool and interesting, but his animations seem unpolished/unfinished. I wonder if his sword heating up has any effects attached to it (more damage, more hitstun, etc.)...

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Unfortunately, no, IG has stated that the sword heating is just for eye candy. It makes me think that it did have some effect at some point in development (like his glowing tattoos) but it was scrapped later on because the dude already hits like a freaking truck as it is.

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Every game is always "This move is great, so I'm going to use it every single change I get." or "This combo is hard to react to, so I'm going to use it EVERY CHANCE I GET" or "This character has annoying properties, so I'm going to abuse those EVERY SINGLE ING CHANCE I GET!"

There's definitely some merit here, but none of the fights feel dynamic anymore. It's all very one note.

The most annoying aspect is that, since there's no air blocking, there's no real way to deal with being knocked down, since once you get back up you HAVE to block and you HAVE to block correctly on the ground, several times in a row. So the entire fight is just Get Knocked Down -> Avoid air attack -> avoid ground attack -> Knock them down -> etc. It's starting to grate on me.

Oh and don't even get me started on Shadow Jago. What bullshit is it that you have a character who is REALLY GOOD, but only SOME people can use him. I didn't grab KI until recently, so now I just can't play as Shadow Jago. AND GUESS JUST HOW OFTEN HE SHOWS UP ON KILLER RANK! JUST GUESS! (it's a lot)

This game needs an overhaul and it needs one quick if it expects me to pay MORE money to catch up on new characters.